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* '''Offensive Force Fields''': Shimmer is capable of wielding her force fields for more offensive purposes. In combat whilst she prefers to take a defensive position using force fields of varying shapes and sizes to defend allies, or repel foes, if she is hard pressed she will go on the offensive. At the peak of her offensive ability she can project concussive waves of sheer force. She is also able to focus her power to shatter materials. By forming one of her force fields within an object and expanding the field, Shimmer can cause her target to explode. This extension of her powers is extremely destructive. | * '''Offensive Force Fields''': Shimmer is capable of wielding her force fields for more offensive purposes. In combat whilst she prefers to take a defensive position using force fields of varying shapes and sizes to defend allies, or repel foes, if she is hard pressed she will go on the offensive. At the peak of her offensive ability she can project concussive waves of sheer force. She is also able to focus her power to shatter materials. By forming one of her force fields within an object and expanding the field, Shimmer can cause her target to explode. This extension of her powers is extremely destructive. | ||
| − | * '''Force Constructs''': As an extension of her offensive force abilities, Shimmer has the ability to generate force fields in varying shapes and sizes to attack her enemies. This ability is limited to her own imagination, meaning that as long as she can imagine the shape in her mind, she will be able to successfully translate it into the real world by way of her force field constructs. Shimmer readily uses this ability both for combat (such as generating a powerful series of force fields to slam down on her opponents) and non-combat purposes (such as creating | + | * '''Force Constructs''': As an extension of her offensive force abilities, Shimmer has the ability to generate force fields in varying shapes and sizes to attack her enemies. This ability is limited to her own imagination, meaning that as long as she can imagine the shape in her mind, she will be able to successfully translate it into the real world by way of her force field constructs. Shimmer readily uses this ability both for combat (such as generating a powerful series of force fields to slam down on her opponents) and non-combat purposes (such as creating temporary containers to hold chemicals in). Shimmer can also travel atop animated constructs such as ramps, stairs, slides, columns and stepping discs, enabling her to fly. In a similar manner to her force fields, her ability to create and sustain force constructs is limited to her ability to concentrate, either consciously or unconsciously, on them or they will simply cease to exist. |
*'''Flight''': Shimmer can use her force fields and force barriers to telekinetically fly at the speed of a missile and can form it completely over herself to be able to damage or destroy almost anything she collides with, even large masses of stone. She could move and lift herself and others through air, no matter how much the weight, inside a force field. This power however is extremely exhausting for her to use. | *'''Flight''': Shimmer can use her force fields and force barriers to telekinetically fly at the speed of a missile and can form it completely over herself to be able to damage or destroy almost anything she collides with, even large masses of stone. She could move and lift herself and others through air, no matter how much the weight, inside a force field. This power however is extremely exhausting for her to use. | ||
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" In the world of physics we watch a shadowgraph performance of the drama of familiar life. The shadow of my elbow rests on the shadow table as the shadow ink flows over the shadow paper. It is all symbolic, and as a symbol the physicist leaves it. ... The frank realization that physical science is concerned with a world of shadows is one of the most significant of recent advances." — Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Sierra Danvers was born to a lower upper class family in London, England, to world famous geneticist Scott Danvers and his wife, author Meredith Danvers. Scott Danvers is a world famous geneticist working for UNTIL who has made huge strides in the understanding of superhuman genetics, and has made many pieces of technology that are utilized by both UNTIL and superheroes around the globe. Sierra had a relatively normal childhood for someone whose family was involved with the superhero community. She was doted on by bother of her parents with love and affection while her older brother David picked on her. Despite the sibling rivalry Sierra and her brother were actually extremely close and David was fiercely protective of his little sister.
Sierra and her brother David were both born mutants. Her father having worked heavily within the superhuman community for years was no stranger to the mutant gene. When Sierra was eight and David was eleven, David started to exhibit superhuman abilities. David was then sent to an UNTIL facility where he could learn to control his abilities. Soon after she too began to exhibit strange new abilities, she realized that when ever she got upset, frightened, or felt embarrassed she would begin to turn invisible. Fearing that she too would be sent away and not wanting to leave home she his her abilities from her parents.
Two years later, at the age of ten, her second power manifested. During an argument with her parents, Sierra anger got the better of her and she projected a wave of force energy that demolished a wall in the kitchen. This event not only blew a hole in her house but also her plan of hiding her abilities from her parents. The next day her parents drove her to the same UNTIL facility that her brother had been taken too when his mutant powers first manifested. The next few years at the UNTIL facility were not easy and only made better by the reunion with her big brother. The instructors diligently worked with Sierra. It wasn't easy as her force powers proved dangerous to wield if she wasn't careful. Eventually she learned not only to control her powers but learned how to use them in unique ways that the instructors themselves didn't even expect. Sierra's main teacher was Swift Swallow who is also a member of one of England's major superteams The London Watch. By age eighteen she graduated with a new found understanding and purpose as she now could more or less wield her abilities proficiently.
After helping the team stop an attack by Dr. Destroyer. She was invited to join the team as its newest and youngest member under the name Shimmer. While helping the team whenever she was needed, Sierra also enrolled in university. Sierra having a genius-level intellect became the youngest student to earn doctorates in both physics and mechanical engineering, and in this time she looked more into the world wide peace keeping organization known as UNTIL. Fortunately she was accepted and took her place within its ranks. Using her abilities to assist her work as an agent and field operative, she also used her smarts to help develop new equipment for UNTIL and the superhero community to use. Sierra spent the next few years in Great Britain's UNTIL branch before finding herself transferred to the United States in Millennium City. She has since constructed a base on the moon that is her home away from home. The facility is equipped with a full array of technology which aids her in tracking, scanning and reverse engineering larger pieces of technology. It also has a few labs and houses off world technology. She usually uses the lab to finish off projects, produce parts for projects, repair equipment, but she mostly has fun coming up with inventions or improving previous ones.
Shimmer continues to work for UNTIL as one of its top operatives, Her invisibility being perfect for reconnaissance and stealth missions, and her force powers being perfect for protection details or for when she gets into a jam. She also works closely with her brother who works closely with the Champions, the superteam in Millenium City whos main goal is the same as the people that she works for, the continued peace and prosperity of Earth and all of its inhabitants.
Sierra Danvers would be described as a beautiful young woman who often has a smile on her face. Sierra has the build of someone who undergoes regular exercise. She stands at about 5'7" and weighs about 138 lbs. She has mid-length hair which she often wears up in a high ponytail. When off duty she sometimes wears her hair down to one side, however she likes to keep her hair out of her face when she is working or tinkering with one of her inventions. She has never really been one for fashion, but she tries to be current with whats in style.
As Shimmer her costume mostly consists of a black and blue skin tight armored body suit, with a blue armored collar and chest piece. Two padded black and blue shoulder protectors adorn her upper body and offer her additional protection. She is also adorned with a black and blue headpiece which contains a communicator as well as gives access to her VR Visor when she activates it. Her suit also has many pieces that give off a light blue glow.
Sierra is cheerful, eager and upbeat. She always seems to find a way to be excited about what she's doing and seems to have boundless energy. She has never taken things very seriously and hates when people tell her what she can and can't do. Shimmer has a very strong stubborn streak in many ways with strong determination. Rarely will she back down from things she' has said, even if she feels bad about it later. She is very protective of the superhero community and is quick to put down and belittle those that say anything against it.
In recent years Shimmer has faced serious adversity that has tested her character and shown her a darker view of the world. She still tends to see the positives in most situations but it is now tempered with a more serious view on both herself and the world. While incredibly sweet, loyal and kind she has been known to become aggressive and violent when push comes to shove. Shimmer can be your best friend or (to enemies she fights) your worst enemy. She's definitely not someone you want to be on the bad side of.
Despite all the pain, loss and suffering that she has endured, Sierra still remains rather strong, especially in the face of danger and adversity. She has shown that she is willing to put her own personal pain on the back burner in order to pay attention to the needs of her loved ones. It could be argued that Sierra is much too emotionally invested or involved in the lives of her friends and this is probably the reason why Shimmer never seems to find a long period of contentment or happiness. Shimmer remains the person who is deeply loyal to her friends even through all of the challenges that they have faced.
- Invisibility: By a simple act of concentration, Shimmer can cause all wavelengths of visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light to bend around her without distortion; she also somehow directs enough undistorted light to her eyes to retain her full range of vision while invisible. An observer, unaware of the peculiar path light takes around her body, would have the sensation of seeing through her. Shimmer can also mentally project the invisible energy produced within the cells of her body in order to render other people or objects invisible. The largest volume she can as of yet turn invisible at a single time is approximately 40,000 cubic feet of volume (1,133 cubic meters), equivalent to a small swimming pool. She has sufficient control over her power that she can turn parts of her body selectively invisible. She is also able to make objects that have been turned invisible by other sources visible by letting her own energy projection interfere with that other method of invisibility. Further, she can make energy that is not in the visual portion of the electromagnetic spectrum visible by a similar interaction. Sierra can also sense something made invisible by physical means (such as a machine) but not by magical or psionic means.
- Psionic Force Fields: Shimmer's more advanced ability is her power of neuropathically reducing force fields to create barriers, shields, domes, spheres, constructs and fields of force and energy. She can make these force fields appear almost anywhere or over nearby visible targets. They can be made into any shape, and with any amount of intensity and force. The complexity of the shape is limited by her ability to imagine (mentally visualize) a particular form and keep it in sharp mental focus. The size of a given psionic force projection is also limited by her ability to imagine. The smallest force projection she can visualize (and maintain the visualization) is the size of a marble. The largest solid force projection she can visualize and maintain is about 100 feet in diameter. She can project larger force-objects if they are hollow. For instance, she could visualize and project a dome 1 foot thick about a mile in diameter (5,280 feet) and a dome 1 inch in thickness she can project for about 3.2 miles. Small objects at high speeds become missiles; large objects at slow speeds become rams. She can make these objects grow or shrink as desired. She can manipulate the energy of her force fields around other objects to simulate telekinetic abilities. She is capable of generating and manipulating multiple force fields simultaneously. Shimmer is able to control the surface of the fields rigidity to a certain extent. She can cause the surface of the field to be very hard, depending on its thickness (steel-like at about 2.5 feet), or as resilient as foam rubber. By making the field more resilient she is able to absorb more of the inertia of impacts within the field without having them transmitted to her body. She is also, through training, able to alter the shapes she creates while utilizing those shapes, often to absorb or deflect the force of impacts. When she creates objects of fields that are at the limit of her ability to mentally visualize, they tend to be resilient rather than rigid.
- Defensive Force Fields: Shimmer mainly uses her force fields in the form of blue spheres of defensive energy which can absorb damage until she stops concentrating on them, causing them to dissipate. Shimmer is capable of making larger force fields for long durations of time to either contain or protect larger targets or groups of people as she has shown the ability to shield multiple people with one large semi-circular force field. She is capable of generating and concentrating on sustaining multiple force fields around targets with relative ease. Even though her suit is comprised of a durable material, she prefers to protect herself with a powerful force field in combat to avoid direct injury. Whilst she is sustaining force fields she has considerably reduced offensive capability. If she is having difficulty in combat, she will resort to using either extremely defensive force fields or highly offensive force field usage. She prefers to take a defensive position in combat when working with other heroes allowing them to attack whilst she creates defensive force fields to absorb or redirect potentially fatal damage.
- Offensive Force Fields: Shimmer is capable of wielding her force fields for more offensive purposes. In combat whilst she prefers to take a defensive position using force fields of varying shapes and sizes to defend allies, or repel foes, if she is hard pressed she will go on the offensive. At the peak of her offensive ability she can project concussive waves of sheer force. She is also able to focus her power to shatter materials. By forming one of her force fields within an object and expanding the field, Shimmer can cause her target to explode. This extension of her powers is extremely destructive.
- Force Constructs: As an extension of her offensive force abilities, Shimmer has the ability to generate force fields in varying shapes and sizes to attack her enemies. This ability is limited to her own imagination, meaning that as long as she can imagine the shape in her mind, she will be able to successfully translate it into the real world by way of her force field constructs. Shimmer readily uses this ability both for combat (such as generating a powerful series of force fields to slam down on her opponents) and non-combat purposes (such as creating temporary containers to hold chemicals in). Shimmer can also travel atop animated constructs such as ramps, stairs, slides, columns and stepping discs, enabling her to fly. In a similar manner to her force fields, her ability to create and sustain force constructs is limited to her ability to concentrate, either consciously or unconsciously, on them or they will simply cease to exist.
- Flight: Shimmer can use her force fields and force barriers to telekinetically fly at the speed of a missile and can form it completely over herself to be able to damage or destroy almost anything she collides with, even large masses of stone. She could move and lift herself and others through air, no matter how much the weight, inside a force field. This power however is extremely exhausting for her to use.
- Virtual Reality Visor: VR Visor for short, Shimmer uses this item to scan and make analysis of enemies and phenomena in battle, as well as make calculations.
- Force-Belt: Shimmers belt controls a number of functions for her, such as her Holo-Com.
- Holo-Com: The Holo-Com is a device directed from her belt and voice activated. When enabled, this device creates a holographic screen and keyboard down Shimmers arm and hand. The holo-com has several functions, including communication, hacking, data storage and transference, vital scanning, and accessing her computer mainframe for teleportation of herself or her equipment to and from her moon base HQ.
- Holo-Imager: The Holo-Imager is a device that can project at least 2 holograms that are identical to Shimmer. The holograms are so realistic they often confuse enemies giving her enough time to either attack or escape. Shimmer mostly uses this in dire cases where she is to exhausted or preoccupied to turn invisible.
Shimmer has a few weaknesses that can be exploited:
- Concentration: Shimmers powers require her to focus to keep them active, if she gets too distracted, her powers turn off on their own. Her force field power especially is limited by her concentration; once she stops concentrating on a field, it simply ceases to exist.
- Overexertion: Prolonged usage of her powers puts a strain on her, especially if she is putting in a large amount of force, resulting in nosebleeds and finally falling unconscious. Though through practice, the time and strength with which she can use her powers without harm can be increased.
- Inertia: Shimmer is affected by inertial forces acting upon her projections. Thus if a car traveling at 60 miles per hour hit a wall of her force that was 6 inches thick, unless she generated a bracing shape against a sufficiently sturdy object, she would be affected as though she were hit by the car directly.
- Psionic Backlash: Since her power is an extension of her mind and body, in rare cases, sufficiently powerful attacks on her psionic fields can cause her mental or physical pain. Unless she is able to properly brace herself beforehand.
- Human: While Shimmer has a vast amount of power at her disposal, she also lacks the enhanced physical attributes many mutants enjoy. If she is not able to shield herself fast enough or if those she is fighting are equipped with heightened reflexes she can easily be taken down.
- As an UNTIL agent, Sierra can be found all across the globe.
- Will sometimes begin to turn invisible if she feels embarrassed or starts blushing.
- Since Sierra has created may different kinds of technology for UNTIL, your character may have used some of her equipment before.
- If your character is UNTIL affiliated and has worked with them for awhile, Shimmer may have worked with them before.
- Obviously takes inspiration from Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman.
- Has a huge sweet tooth.
- Speaks with a Yorkshire English accent.
- Likes to experiment with her force powers to see what kinds of new shapes she can create.
- Has a penchant for eating junk food when stressed out especially sweet things.
- She is multilingual and speaks the following languages: English, Spanish, Swedish, French, and German.
- Loves hot chocolate with extra marshmallows and whipped cream.
- Dislikes the taste of coffee, but will drink it when she needs.
- Is an avid collector of superhero action figures, but would never admit this to anyone.
- She is a huge fan of horror movies.
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"Shimmer in Action"
Shimmer creating a force bubble to protect herself from harm.
Shimmer riding on a force board construct.
Shimmer talking to her commander in UNTIL.
Shimmer utilizing her new access to UNTIL's Gateway Station.
